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Three years with pilot embassies for gender equality – what have we learnt?
In 2011, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs selected 6 embassies1 as pilot embassies for strengthened efforts for women’s rights and gender equality for a period of three years. The purpose of the initiative was to explore ways to make gender mainstreaming more systematic and results oriented at the embassies. It was prompted by the Evaluation of the Strategy for Women and Gender Equality in Development Cooperation” (1997- 2005) and the Mid-Term Review of the Norwegian Action Plan for Women’s Rights and Gender Equality in Development Cooperation (2007- 2009), both showing that although political ambitions for gender equality in development cooperation were high, they have a tendency to evaporate when it comes to operationalization and implementation.